diff --git a/libs/main/core/pistring.cpp b/libs/main/core/pistring.cpp
index ef95f6d7..261a9a79 100644
--- a/libs/main/core/pistring.cpp
+++ b/libs/main/core/pistring.cpp
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ void PIString::appendFromChars(const char * c, int s, const char * codepage) {
 		sz = mbtowc(&wc, c, s);
 		//qDebug() << "1" << sz;
 		if (sz < 1) break;
-		push_back(PIChar(int(wc)));
+		push_back(PIChar(wc));
 		c += sz; s -= sz;
 		//qDebug() << "2" << c;
 	}